Star Hero

Sleek starships, strange planets, unusual aliens, weird mental powers, blaster pistols, time travel — all these, and more, are part of the amazing universe of Science Fiction. Star Hero discusses and describes the Science Fiction genre for gaming, and shows how to create characters, campaigns, starships, and other elements of Science Fiction using the HERO System rules. It includes:

—a complete review of the Science Fiction genre, from the grittiest Low Science Fiction and Military Science Fiction stories to the most extravagant Space Opera adventures, with guidelines and suggestions for simulating each part of the genre using the HERO System rules

—an extensive section on creating Science Fiction characters using the HERO System, including Templates for common species, character archetypes, and backgrounds

—discussions about alien life and civilizations, planets, and stars incorporating both the latest real-world discoveries and the artistic license Science Fiction stories require, with random generation tables to help GMs create entire star sectors and worlds quickly and easily

—a chapter on technology, with example weapons and devices, and including rules for establishing and altering “technology levels” for civilizations and campaigns

—a look at starships and space stations, and how to create them using the HERO System rules

—a review of esoteric subjects like psionics and time travel

—a comprehensive chapter on gamemastering Science Fiction games

Whatever type of Science Fiction game you like to play, and however you like to play it, Star Hero helps you make it even better!

Star Hero is a comprehensive sourcebook on the science fiction genre for the Hero System (6th edition) weighing in at almost 400-pages, it looks at science fiction from a variety of angles and provides a wide range of tools for Game Masters and players [...]

Star HERO is a great example of the crazy level of detail present in every HERO genre book. It covers a huge amount of the genre, and has something for everyone. The discussion on subgenres elements, genres, hybrid campaigns, gming advice, and a pletho [...]

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